little christmas moments

so much to catch up on.

sigh.

i still have yet to do the hospital pictures post, the boise botanical garden lights post, the meeting santa post, and THAT post.  the one where i write about my choice to do natural birth and my resulting experience.

and then there's the laundry. and nursing. and making sure my reese gets her share of loves.  and nursing. and making sure my peeps are fed. and nursing. and all things christmas {oh yeah! and nursing. forgot how much time it takes up in the beginning...}.

this christmas season has been a little different than others.  with a fresh little one, we haven't been able to get out to all the typical concerts and other christmas-y outings that made it feel like christmas in the past.  instead, i've been trying to savor all of the little moments at home that have made this season special. you know, things like..

brushing reese's teeth, holiday addition. she lays under the lit christmas tree while deek scrubs her pearlies clean. which brings me to the next one...
after teethbrushing, deek and reese lay next to each other under the tree and have a giggle fest. for some reason, reese thinks it's hilarious to point at all the individual lights. they laugh their heads off, which makes me all warm and fuzzy.

dancing to christmas music in the family room with deek
cal laying by the tree, fascinated by the glowy lights
reese requesting the "la, la, la" song over and over {Oakridge Boys' Christmas is Paintin' the Town}
snuggling on the couch reading christmas books
reese requesting the "baby jesus story" over and over
nursing and cuddling my sweet baby cal in the family room lit only by christmas lights
reese getting so excited to "see my christmas lights!!!" on the outside of our house. she loves to see all the houses lit up, but especially her own.
waking up to deek and reese jamming to christmas music, complete with air guitars
making christmas cookies with reese and eating the entire batch together on the couch
stories from the santa claus book every night
lots and lots and lots of singing christmas songs {one of the few ways to entertain reese while i nurse...} her favorites? "santa claus is coming to town", "silent night", "rudolph", and "frosty the snow man".

eating dinner on christmas china
discussing the differences between santa and the grinch


it's all been so simple, but i think it's those little things that have made the christmas season so magical this year. and the fact that those little things all revolve around the people i love most.



now all we need is a little snow, {or a lot, but i'll take what i can get}.


cheers to the season!

my curly sue

first time using the flat iron on reese's hair.

ummmm.... hello gorgeous!!

"just checkin' my email ma ma!"

my goof mc-goofster.

the best picture ever taken. ever. this is what happened when i asked her to do a funny face.

in high school she'll probably want to pretend that last picture never happened.

oh it did, sister, it did.

and i love every little double chin smackeral of it.

lights

who: our little fam & good friends lisa, kirk & fam
what: getting our outdoor christmas light groove on
when: saturday, dec 10th
where: boise botanical gardens
why: to get jen out of the house for the 1st time since having cal, to let reese meet a reindeer, and get a second chance with santa. the free hot cocoa and cookies didn't hurt either.

in line waiting to meet santa. already not going well.

one big happy family.

 love the santa. love the reese. love deek's arm.

why did these have to turn out blurry? deek and reese after meeting santa.

she finally calmed down and tried to be happy.

with cute friend natalin, trying to hold hands through their gloves.

dancer.

meeting dancer. went over soooooo much better than santa. she must dig antlers over beards.

moments before grabbing onto dancer's antlers.

definitely a boise christmas tradition. {seeing the lights, not getting traumatized by santa.}

i really can't resist

i won a baby photo plan package from tina le'laine photography a couple months ago and we got to do the first session today.  here are my 2 sneak peak pictures:

{don't worry, it's perfectly acceptable to go sleeding sans shoes.  big oops... kind of forgot to throw them on with the shoot being in our home and all... oh well. they're still adorable.}

how in the world did i get sent such cute little stinkers?? love them. can't wait to see the rest of the pics.

cal: 1 week

some things we've learned about cal this week:

he loves hangin' with reese (or is it the other way around?)

 he loves snuggling (hurray!!). if i put him on my shoulder he'll scoot his head over until it's either against my cheek or nestled in my neck. cue heart melting.

he loves to have his hands free when swaddled.

he's a   s l o w  eater. feedings take almost an hour.

he can turn his head to look for the source of a sound

can track an object

he hates baths

he loves tummy time

so far, he's been an awesome sleeper, waking only once in the middle of the night to nurse. 

he hates getting his diaper changed (side note: changing little boy diapers is different than little girls.  i've been sprayed about 50 million times already and catapult pooped on even more.)

he loves to lay under the christmas tree.  he'll stare at the lights forever, just like his daddy.  tonight before getting in the shower, cal was in his favorite spot under the tree and deek was hanging out on the couch.  when i was done, this is what i found:

 

i think they're going to be pals.